Hope these sources help. Also try the WHO for more links.
Accession Number
00008480-200306000-00017.
Author
Fulhan, Jill MPH, RD, LDN, IBCLC; Collier, Sharon MEd, RD, LDN; Duggan, Christopher MD, MPH
Institution
Clinical Nutrition Service, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital, Boston; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Title
Update on pediatric nutrition: Breastfeeding, infant nutrition, and growth.[Miscellaneous]
Source
Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 15(3):323-332, June 2003.
Abstract
Recent studies continue to point out the critical nature of a patient's nutritional status in helping to determine important health outcomes in pediatrics. We review recent data concerning the composition of breast milk and its adequacy to support infant growth in the first six months of life, as well as trials that support breastfeeding as an important method to delay or reduce the incidence of atopic diseases such as eczema, allergies, and asthma. Studies have also been published that show how physician education and training about breastfeeding can be optimized. Studies showing how nutritional status is measured (using standard anthropometric techniques as well as more modern measures of basal metabolic rate) are highlighted, as well as the role of micronutrient supplementation of patients with the human immunodeficiency virus infection and diarrheal diseases.
(C) 2003 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
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Accession Number
00022363-200303000-00008.
Author
Bachrach, Virginia R. Galton MD, MPH; Schwarz, Eleanor MD, MS; Bachrach, Lela Rose MD, MS
Institution
From the Division of General Internal Medicine (Dr Schwarz) and the Department of Pediatrics (Dr L. R. Bachrach), University of California, San Francisco.
Title
Breastfeeding and the Risk of Hospitalization for Respiratory Disease in Infancy: A Meta-analysis.[Article]
Source
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 157(3):237-243, March 2003.
Abstract
Objective: To examine breastfeeding and the risk of hospitalization for lower respiratory tract disease in healthy full-term infants with access to modern medical care.
Data Sources: MEDLINE, personal communication with researchers, the OVID databases, Dissertation Abstracts Online, and BIOSIS.
Study Selection: The titles, abstracts, and text of studies from developed countries were explored for breastfeeding exposure measures and lower respiratory tract disease hospitalization rates. For summary statistics, we required 3 inclusion criteria: (1) a feeding contrast of a minimum of 2 months of exclusive breastfeeding (no formula supplementation) vs no breastfeeding and (2) study populations that excluded sick, low birth weight or premature infants and (3) reflected affluent regions; 27% of studies met these criteria.
Data Extraction: We abstracted data from all relevant reports.
Data Synthesis: Data from all primary material (33 studies) indicated a protective association between breastfeeding and the risk of respiratory disease hospitalization. Nine studies met all inclusion criteria, and 7 cohort studies were pooled. The feeding contrasts in these 7 studies were 4 or more months of exclusive breastfeeding vs no breastfeeding. The summary relative risk (95% confidence interval) was 0.28 (0.14-0.54), using a random-effects model. This effect remained stable and statistically significant after adjusting for the effects of smoking or socioeconomic status.
Conclusion: Among generally healthy infants in developed nations, more than a tripling in severe respiratory tract illnesses resulting in hospitalizations was noted for infants who were not breastfed compared with those who were exclusively breastfed for 4 months.
Copyright 2003 by the American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use. American Medical Association, 515 N. State St, Chicago, IL 60610.
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Accession Number
00000740-200401000-00013.
Author
Horne, R S C; Parslow, P M; Ferens, D; Watts, A-M; Adamson, T M
Institution
Department of Paediatrics and Ritchie Centre for Baby Health Research, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Title
Comparison of evoked arousability in breast and formula fed infants.[Miscellaneous Article]
Source
Archives of Disease in Childhood. 89(1):22-25, January 2004.
Abstract
Background: Currently, there is no consistent evidence that breast feeding reduces the risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Arousal from sleep is believed to be an important survival mechanism that may be impaired in victims of SIDS. Previously it has been shown that arousability is impaired by the major risk factors for SIDS such as prone sleeping and maternal smoking.
Aims: To establish whether arousability was altered by method of feeding, and whether breast fed infants would have lower arousal thresholds.
Methods: Forty three healthy term infants were studied using daytime polysomnography on three occasions: 2-4 weeks post-term, 2-3 months post-term, and 5-6 months post-term. Multiple measurements of arousal threshold (cm H2O) in response to nasal air jet stimulation applied alternately to the nares were made in both active sleep (AS) and quiet sleep (QS) while infants slept supine. Arousal thresholds and sleep period lengths were compared between formula fed and breast fed infants at each age.
Results: Arousal thresholds were not different between breast fed and formula fed infants in QS. However, in AS breast fed infants were significantly more arousable than formula fed infants at 2-3 months of age. There was no difference between groups of infants when sleep period length was compared at any study.
Conclusions: Breast fed infants are more easily aroused from AS at 2-3 months of age than formula fed infants. This age coincides with the peak incidence of SIDS.
(C) 2004 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Sorry didn't have time for a full search - but on OVID at least, there are no negative reports of bfeeding - only positive health ones.
Hope this is the sort of thing you want!